I hope to have a review of the Witness in 10mm soon after. It might be a bit hefty for some to carry everyday, but for hiking or duty, the Tanfoglio would be a superb weapon.ĮDIT: I should be receiving my 10mm conversion kit for my. This provides a very tight slide-to-frame. Unlike most other semi-automatic pistols, the slide rides inside the frame rails rather than outside. They are a handsome, solid (and heavy) weapon with strong accuracy and reliability. EAA 999066 Compact Witness Single/Double 9mm 3.6' 13 1 Grip Flat Dark Earth The EAA Witness P Compact polymer features include integral locking system, auto firing pin block, windage adjustable sight and grip extension. I’ve never had a malfunction in 2000 rounds with my current Tanfoglio, only had a handful of FTF (usually double feeds) on one that was magnaported. On an indoor range, the Witness regularly outshoots my friend’s Kimber Pro-Carry (but not another friend’s Yost-bonitz modified Springfield 1911.) The Tanfoglio is a solid can-popper out to 10-15 yards, on the move and point shooting. Ordinarily, I like to try and practice moving and single handed shooting at cans or something appropriately small. On every Witness I’ve owned, I’ve been able to print 2.5″ groups, free-standing with some speed, out to 25 yards. The handle is bigger than the 1911, but gives the shooter 10 rounds in the magazine. The wife did have trouble reaching the trigger in SA, but if a person with small mits was carrying, they could do it Condition One and have little problem. (Attributed to the minimized play in the slide due to the way it mates to the frame.) The ergonomics are comfortable for most shooters, and even my wife’s small hands, and a friend’s arthritic ones found it comfortable. Sights are fairly basic, adjustable with an Allen wench in most new models, and the weapon is extremely accurate. Some shooters don’t like this, but I don’t mind a bit of slack, personally. The trigger pull is long in single action and about 8ish pounds, in single action it’s more like 4-5 lbs. Unlike the CZs, the Tanfoglio can be safed in any hammer position, a feature I very much like and wish CZ would adopt. It can be carried with the hammer down, half-cock, or cocked and locked. Operation of the weapon is single/double action. 45 has a stout recoil that, like the 1911 series, comes straight back into your hand with a minimum of muzzle flip. Henning Guns also produces a “conefit” guide rod for the long slide (and supposedly the standard slide) that reduces the impact of operation on the frame, one of the few complaints that people using the nuclear 10mm loads have remarked on. This not only helps with recoil management, but dramatically lowers the beating the frame takes from hotter +P. Make sure you order a Wolff spring in 16 or 18 pounds for the. Reviews Sign up to get notified when this product is back in stock. 45 and 10mm versions of the handgun are light recoil springs - the Witnesses ship with 14 pound recoil springs. Eaa Witness P Compact 9mm 13sh Reviews Sign up to get notified when this product is back in stock. This makes for a more solid feeling weapon, in my opinion. The fit of the slide to frame is tight and the slide sits inside the frame, unlike most semiautos. It is low-reflection steel with almost a brushed look to it. The Witness usually comes in a stainless steel frame and slide, what they call their Wonder Finish.
Since then, I have purchased two more of the weapons. It was, at the time, a $250 gun and worth every penny. I originally bought my first Tanfoglio in 1997 because it was the closest thing I could get to the old Bren Ten - a fantastic weapon. The CZ is one of my favorite configurations for a handgun, and the clones of the weapon are highly-controllable, accurate, and reliable. 45s you can buy for sub-$500 (although prices have climbed some with the recent nonsense.) I heard less than positive reviews of EAA customer service, but Ive never. Im confident enough to have on order a Witness Elite Match for my son. EAA Witness is a derivative of the CZ-75 and actually helped supply the parts early on with the Jericho/Baby Eagle production when it was first produced due to also being based on the CZ-75.
While I dont shoot the compact in competition a fellow competitor has 3 full size Witness pistols and shoots nothing else. After well over 1000 rounds it continues to be nothing but reliable. I have not fired the other calibers of this pistol, so we will focus solely on the. I hve a Witness Compact with the Wonder finish in 9mm.
It is imported into the US by European American Armory and is usually called the EAA Witness. Eaa b6p magazine.Tanfoglio is an Italian manufacturer of handguns based in the “Valley of the Gun” outside of Brescia (there are several manufactures located there, including Beretta.) One of their primary products is a copy of the CZ-75, called alternately the Combat or the Witness.